With an Ad-hoc day arranged, there were a fair few members at the club early on. Everything was set up at the east end of the airfield, with the first launch taking place at 9.51am, with Connor and Stuart Procter. The two-seater list seemed to then grow, as more customers arrived, with Simon Leeson and James Flory working with Stuart to get through it.
Circuits were the norm for the first few hours, then Connor managed 25mins, which encouraged Dan to pull the K6 forward, ever hopeful of another achievement, but the 50km was out of reach, so he had make do with the longest flight of the day with 28 mins instead.
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| Junior in demand here with Ruth Comer (John Pursey) |
Flying continued through lunch, as there were no facilities to distract! Martin Woolner then flew with Stuart, but a quick break was then taken for coffee, at 2pm, to avoid the showers. Tara Ashwood had two friends and family flights with James Smart.
Connor Williams completed his training in the Launchpoint, well done for spending the afternoon with me nagging in your ear! The list was finally completed by 5pm, with one of the final flights being by Stirling Melhuish re-soloing, well done, now you just need to get into one of your own gliders!
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| How many times has Stirling resoloed? (John Pursey) |
Thanks to all for your assistance in getting everyone airborne that wanted to today, especially Tim Petty who winched for five hours in the afternoon. A good day, with the usual banter and chat - 37 winches and 1 aerotow. - Sally Hender
